Sarajevo
/ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/
"sarajevo" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Sarajevo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #25,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,562
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sarajevo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #25,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Sarajevo” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Sarajevo (IPA /ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,562 among 54,294 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Sarajevo, with forms such as "asrajevo", "saarjevo", and "saraejvo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland". The correct English form is Sarajevo, spelled S-A-R-A-J-E-V-O.
Definition
- 1The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
- 2A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).), and ova "plain, lowland".
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asrajevo
- saarjevo
- saraejvo
- sarajeov
- sarajevvo
- sarajjevo
- sarajveo
- sarjaevo
- sarrajevo
- sraajevo
- ssarajevo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Sarajevo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Sarajevo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-A-R-A-J-E-V-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌsæ.ɹəˈjeɪ.voʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.